Archive · 5 Sep 2025
Western Railway Recovers ₹84.20 Crore in Ticketless Travel Fines
Imagine the Mumbai trains are like a fun park, and everyone needs a ticket to ride.
From April to August 2025, the Western Railway checked lots of people's tickets.
They found many people were riding without tickets, so they had to pay fines.
The railway collected a big amount of money!
A lot of this money came from people on the Mumbai trains.
The railway also collected money from people riding the special AC trains.
They even collected more money in August than they did last year!
This is because they were checking tickets more often.
The railway officials are happy because they collected more money than they expected!
Western Railway recovered ₹84.20 crore in fines from ticketless travel between April and August 2025.
₹23 crore of the total was recovered from the Mumbai suburban section.
₹1.20 crore was collected from passengers traveling without tickets in AC suburban trains.
August 2025 saw a record ₹13.21 crore collected in fines.
The recovery exceeded the Railway Board's target by nearly 13%.
- Who
- Western Railway
- What
- Recovered ₹84.20 crore in fines from ticketless travel
- When
- April to August 2025
- Where
- Mumbai
- Why
- To enforce ticket regulations and increase revenue
- Total Fines Recovered
- ₹84.20 crore
- Time Period
- April to August 2025
- Mumbai Suburban Section Recovery
- ₹23 crore
- AC Train Fines
- ₹1.20 crore
- August 2025 Fines
- ₹13.21 crore
- August 2025 Cases Detected
- 2.39 lakh
- Increase Over 2024
- 35%
- Target Surpassed By
- 13%